Chuck Brown

UNMC, ConAgra Foods co-sponsor free health fair Oct. 18

A free community health fair for metropolitan area residents will be Saturday (Oct. 18) from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Metropolitan Community College South Campus.

Oct 17, 2008

China trip is all about relationships

BEIJING — Relationships. They make the world go round.

Oct 17, 2008

Seminar to focus on organ donation among American Indians

A project that helped raise awareness and willingness in terms of organ donation among members of northern plains American Indian Tribes will be the focus of the monthly Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) seminar on Monday.

Oct 17, 2008

Friday Husker Pick’em – Iowa State

Last week, our panel members all called for Husker losses. Let’s see what they say about Saturday’s game with Iowa State.

Oct 17, 2008

UNMC, Latino Center of the Midlands lead Latina Latino youth conference

More than 250 area high school students from Nebraska and Iowa, along with 30 counselors, teachers and volunteers, will be on campus Friday for the 18th Annual Latina Latino Youth Conference.

Oct 16, 2008

China-U.S. symposium launches new era of collaboration

It has been a historic year for the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The academy, located only a few blocks from the site of the Summer Olympics, partnered with UNMC to launch its First Symposium of the China-U.S. Research Center for Life Sciences on Wednesday.

Oct 16, 2008

Wellness Wednesday — Clapper’s inspirational road leads to WELCOM award

For Lori Clapper, the bottom came in July 2007. At that point she was significantly overweight and her cholesterol levels and blood pressure were through the roof.

Oct 15, 2008

Investigators’ resourcefulness impresses Sen. Lautenbaugh

State Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh left impressed by the resourcefulness of UNMC investigators following his tour of the medical center campus on Thursday.

Oct 15, 2008

NCCN symposium on head and neck cancers held at UNMC

A National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) symposium on head and neck cancers was held at UNMC on Friday.

Oct 15, 2008

Checking out Beijing

It’s not every day that you get to witness one of the Seven Wonders of the World and a historical Olympic venue in the same day.

Oct 15, 2008